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Newsletter

29th March 2020

Droitwich wins £120,000 grant funding for The Cabin Community Hub

Plans for a new community hub in Droitwich called The Cabin have won a grant of £120,000 from

Wychavon District Council.

The success follows a joint bid by Droitwich Town Council, Droitwich Means Business and Droitwich

Spa High School for a share of the £3 million Wychavon Community Legacy Grant scheme. This leaves

just £30,000 to be raised locally to complete the £150,000 needed to build this new community asset.

The Cabin will be a stand-alone, wooden clad building that can be used by whole community. It will

host adult education programmes, community and family information meetings, as well as meetings

and events staged by social care, special needs groups, the police, the health service and other local

organisations. It will be located next to The Centre at the school, which is already helping our

students to engage with the wider community.

Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol & Co Estate Agents in Droitwich and a former student at the

high school, speaking on behalf of Droitwich Means Business, said: “We will now work together to

raise the final £30,000 needed to start building The Cabin.”

Droitwich Means Business is made up of local business owners, local employers and business leaders,

led by Matt Nichol with the purpose of putting Droitwich Spa back on the map and building a

connected community.

Reports from Activities Before the School Closure

Dance/Photography Project

Over the last couple of weeks a number of students in Years 8-10 have been involved in a dance

photography project where we have been working in conjunction with Dancefest and infuseDANCE.

The dancers have had three half day sessions with Mark from infuseDance where they have explored

how to create dance for camera and how to perform a number of complex movements safely. The

final two sessions have had to be postponed but we hope to be able to conclude the project later in

the year. The aim is that the dancers will create some dance based photos that will be displayed in

Worcester town centre.

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Mock Trial

Congratulations to the

students from Years 8 & 9 who

took part in the Mock Trial on

the 7th March. The students

received really positive

feedback, showing that their

commitment since October

had really honed their

performances. Afterwards

there was a briefing from the

Lord Lieutenant and The High

Sheriff who gave praise to all

the students involved.

The students who took part and their roles were:

Dance Show

The school Dance Show took place on Wednesday 11th March and was great success. Students from

Y8-11 performed dances in a variety of styles including ballet, street and contemporary. Our Y11

GCSE Dance students performed some of their exam work, whilst younger students performed pieces

that had been choreographed in their own time, at extra curricular dance or at their dance classes

outside school. The standard of dance performed on the evening was excellent and all involved

should be proud of what they achieved. Thanks go to Kobi Morris, Brad Eversham, Ollie Morgan and

Dan Hansen for their technical, backstage and front of house support on the night.

Dancers: Lucy Middleton, Bel Richards, Millie Jordan, Emily Perry, Liam Knight, Caitlin Dyke, Freya

Patterson, Olivia Gregory, Laney Lock, Beth Evans, Bella Allen, Sophie Pegg, Lucy Davis, Dan Finch,

Livvy Boult

Rochelle Harris - Legal Advisor

Emma Jones – Magistrate

Chris Kirby – Magistrate

Bea Rusby - Prosecution Lawyer

Grace Rusby - Witness

Eliott Taylor - Defendant

Matilda Westwood - Court Reporter

Oliver Barker – Defence Lawyer

Maddie Baskerville - Prosecution Lawyer

Beatrice Boutayre-Burrows – Witness

Annabel Brannan – Defence Lawyer

Miki Conroy – Usher

Paige Goode - Magistrate

Leo Grzybek - Witness

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Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Training Expedition

On Saturday 14th March, the Y13 Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Gold Award students took part in a

training walk on the Long Mynd, Shropshire with Mr Theobald & Mr Tibbits. On a damp and blustery

spring day, they developed their macro and micro navigation skills to help prepare them for their

qualifying expedition to the Lake District this summer. There was a great atmosphere amongst the

group and the students came away with their skills refreshed and having had a real break from their

A-level preparations. The students who took part were:

Laura Perry, Beth Perry, Jess Haller, James Brass, Amy Deane, Sophie Wardley, George Battin, Joe

Cairns and Alex Bennett

Judo Success for Megan and Aaron

Megan Skillern fought for Droitwich Spa High School as well as her club Droitwich Spa Judo Kan judo

competition a week last Saturday in Sheffield. Megan took a silver medal within the category where

she showed excellent technique and skill.

On Sunday 8th March Megan had won two gold medals in the A.J.A. National closed Championship.

Aaron Hall also took part in this competition. He fought well against some tough opponents and

came fifth.

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Special Commendations

Last week special commendations went to

Bulman

Laney Lock for her excellent commitment towards the recent dance show. She had to adapt a dance

at the last minute and did so in a resilient and positive spirit.

Jack Fletcher for excellent work in German. Jack completes all his work on time or early and to an

especially high standard. In his last test he achieved 100%.

Daria Romanczuk for excellent work in German. Daria completes all the set work on time and to a

very high standard. She has scored 100% in all her tests to date.

Deven Tibbits for outstanding efforts in year 11 core PE.

D’Oliveira

Lucy Middleton for her excellent approach towards the recent GCSE Dance practical assessment. She

was well prepared, acted on advice and produced some really high quality work.

Miles Troth for his determination to make remote working effective and his proactive attitude to his

learning in Science.

Evie Warburton for her determination to make remote working effective and her proactive attitude

to her learning in Science

Rowling

Molly Ann Webb for her resilience and determination always to de her best.

Winslow

Uzile Ndimande for her outstanding work and time dedicated to creating the front pages of the

Winslow record book.

Other Students Successes

Sixth Form

Well done to the Year 12 sociologists who all arrived at their virtual lesson early, exceptionally well

prepared and showed huge enthusiasm applying the current Covid-19 situation to consider whether

or not childhood was improving in contemporary society.

In Psychology the following year 12 students have worked exceptionally hard to meet deadlines, all

whilst producing some excellent work in Psychology Lucy Scott, Grace Rogers, Ellie Bradley, Danielle

Greenall, Nicola Beard, Megan Law, Emily Weir and Georgia Fox.

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Mr Quiney’s Year 12 Business group joined a live lesson delivered from his front room. (Note Mr

Quiney’s tie and lanyard in House Colours!)

Georgia Fox and Olivia Smith are working with an impressive sense of purpose in Health & Social

Care

Luke Midani and Erin Huxley have completed excellent work this week for their French film study.

In Geography Jack Meyrick has completed all tasks set to a high standard.

Emily Weir has done some excellent work in Sociology.

Year 11

Tia Cole, Chloe Harrison, Charis Hughes, Anna Smith and Caitlin Smith showed great determination

in completing all parts of the Health and Social Care course within a very tight time scale.

Year 10

Students in 10R1 have been working hard on trigonometry for their mathematics lessons at home.

Work from Freya Richardson, Izabella Milligan, Chloe Rosser, Morgan West, Sam Price and Eddy

Webby-Halsall has been excellent.

Harriet Rochelle and Jasmine Kilmartin are working very well in Science.

In Geography Harvey Osbourne, Emily Allen, Annie and Adam Such have all submitted excellent

work or asked meaningful questions to improve their answers.

In German Emma Richardson, Daria Romanczuk, Daisy Taylor, Adam Such, Ellie Taylor Matty

Woodings, Michal Romanczuk Fiedorowicz, Dan Court, Rhys Jones, Harry Jeys, Ross Clark, Phoebe

Williams have completed all their work and online learning on time and to a good standard.

In PE Jazz Kilmartin, Lily Smith, Olivia Mound, Chloe Rosser, Finley Simpson, Lewis Jones and Declan

Holloway have produced some outstanding Cambridge National work.

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Amy Ford, Annalise Hughes, Daisy Taylor, Danielle Walsh, Daria Romanczuk, Emily Jeffreys, Emma

Richardson, Erin Pheysey – Walton, Grace Pedley, Hannah Foley, Harriet Rochelle, Hazel Ward, Iz

Cox, Izzy Mann, Jazz Kilmartin, Jodie Murray. Josselyn Schubert, Katie Allerton, Kelsey Donovan,

Kim Jones, Lottie Mountford, Lily Smith, Lauren Loveridge, Phoebe Williams, Rachel Cheah, Tamsin

Baker, Mary Ellen Poynton, Lottie Plant and Tia Summers have all produced some excellent written

work for PE.

Demi Watson, Jussi Sohal, Lisa – Marie Hussey, Peyton Mansfield, Kacie Limmage and Lauren Leslie

have also produced some excellent written work for PE.

The following students have taken their home learning in English seriously and produced excellent

work Caitlin Dyke, Keira Ashworth, Livvy Boult, Declan Holloway, Maizie Jordan, George Knowles,

Chloe Rosser, Ellie Taylor, Kayne Bradley and Toby Chance.

Mr Ward’s German group are commended for the standard of their written work last week and for

their continued hard working and enthusiastic approach to German.

Year 9

Maddie Baskerville, Logan Callow, Cotton Hennessey, Mia Gardner-Smith, Will McArdle, Skye-

Marie West, Max Neale are commended for completing all their work and online learning on time

and to a good standard.

The following students have produced some excellent work in English

Heather Beard, Miki Conroy, Tom Daniels, Kyle Hartwell, Sofie Berry-Morris, Aimee Douglas, Mia

Gardner-Smith , Anise Glackin, Hattie Grainger, Daniel Hansen, Alex Harrison, Emily Horton, Ruby

Jackson, Elliot Jones, Jack Millwood, Kaden Paterson, Ambar Pitcher, Amy Pullen, Megan Randle,

Jonathan Rogers, Emma Sabel and Jack Walker.

Year 8

Cassie Smith, Harriet Bird, Indiya Hancox, Erin Moss and Grace Rusby are working very well in

Science

Jacob Bastock, Jasmine Crawford and Immie Evans have shown an excellent attitude to learning in

French.

In English 8LD have really impressed with effort they have put into a creative writing project. Special

mention must go to Heidi Shipway who has done a first class job with excellent response to feedback

has been excellent and James Rudkin, whose story about Ness and Capone’s descendants continuing

the family feud is genuinely impressive.

In German Giorgia Baylis, Jack Fletcher, Tom Mansfield, Emmie Clark, Tom Allen, Tom Stringer,

Charlie Hartwell, Emily Stanley, Eliott Taylor, Annabel Brannan, Mark Hewlett, Maddison Jennings,

Eleanor Tromans, Laurie Holder, Alfie Horton, Jacob Bastock, Hannah Eccleston, Liberty Smith,

Joseph Foley, Maisie Leah, Sophie Gomersall, Izzy Simpson, Ethan Read, Jasmine Crawford, Lucas

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Colley, Mya Slavin, James Blake, Sacha Hart, Joel Park, Ellie Walton, Ben Tandy, Megan Key, Hope

Evans, Oliver Freeman, Jaspreet Kaur, Hermione Bolton-Warner, Jack Sherry, Jacob Burton and

Jennifer Jackson have completed all their work and online learning on time and to a good standard.

Miss Simpson’s Weekly Creativity Challenge

The following students have opted in to completing a weekly creativity challenge that they can

complete from home:

Keira Ashworth, Heather Beard, Jude Carr, Alex Gurr, Daniel Hansen and Kyle Hartwell.

Mrs Simpson is really excited to see how they take on the short challenges. If any other students are

up to a challenge, please e-mail her at simpsonka@droitwichspahigh.worcs.sch.uk

Students Taking their Daily Exercise

As part of her one walk of the day, Sophie Gomersall

accompanied her mum to exercise a guide dog for a lady who is

currently unable to get out. She has also written some cards to

people who are self-isolating to cheer them up.

Photograph taken by Mya Slavin whilst out for her daily

exercise.